1)
Goods and Good
Goods
Goods
(with 's') means property / merchandise / possessions / cloth or
textile material
For example :
1) The
goods
from that factory are always of the highest quality.
3) Top quality goods
are hard to find.
* It is important to remember that
goods are usually used in the plural sense (many), so you must use it
with 's'
: goods
3) I only sell good
quality products.
4) He was proud of her because she did
a good job on the project.
C) Idioms : come to no good
for good : finally / permanently /
forever
Good
Good
has
a different meaning. Here are some of the meanings:
A)
profit / advantage / worth / benefit
For
example :
1)
All their sacrifice is for the common good.
2)
What is the good
in making her angry?
B) Excellence / kind / of high morals / virtuous
B) Excellence / kind / of high morals / virtuous
For example :
1) She is a good
girl.
2) She is not good
enough for that position.
4) He was proud of her because she did
a good job on the project.
C) Idioms : come to no good
come to no
good : To end in failure or become a failure /
to end
badly or to come to a bad end
For example :
1) They told me that my son will come
to no good when he grows up. They are just jealous.
(jealous : envious)
2) The leader of that terrorist group
came to no good in
the end.
3) I know that no matter how hard he tries to be good, he will come to no good 
in the end.
in the end.
* So in this instance, come to no good
means that even though the person may be good at the
beginning or come from a good background or
even if they come from a bad background, when you say that they will
come to no good, you are saying
something bad will happen to them in the end / eventually. For example, they might be jailed or killed.
D) Idioms : for good
D) Idioms : for good
for good : finally / permanently /
forever
For example :
1) They have been causing her so much
trouble and pain, it's time she left them for
good.
2) She plans to leave the country for
good.
(that means to leave and never come back)
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